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The weaving of the harvest wreath (called the "crop") and
a procession taking the wreath to the festival host (the
squire, the best farmer in the village, priest, village
administrator, district or province governor or even the
president of Poland). This was the most distinctive, solemn
and spectacular part of the harvest festival. next |
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